Cigarette packs display in the tobacco selling
counter on September 29, 2011 in Himeji city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. High –
ranking officails in the government and Democratic Party of Japan have proposed
to sell the government shares in Japan Tobacco Inc to reduce the total amount
of revenue needed from extra tax hikes to raise 9.2 trillion yen ($120 billion)
fund for reconstruction of the Tohoku region following the March earthquake and
tsunami. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)
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